Revolution

JUNE 10, 2019

Yet, technology adoption within the real estate community as a means to fundamentally disrupt how physical assets behave and how transactions occur was lagging up until the last couple of years. it characterizes the space in which we live, the environment in which we work, and the places where we socialize.

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hospitality real estate peer-to-peer mix-use 100

TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

We see an emphasis on young founders (“40 Under 40”), innovative ideas and disruptive challenges to legacy brands, incumbent companies and “old” ways of thinking. The technology industry is often thought of as being the domain of the young and the new.

incumbents 101

incumbents peer-to-peer opportunity disruption 101

TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

Some might argue that acquisitions are more dominant today because of the anti-competitive motivations of current tech incumbents. These bills are likely a reaction to findings that incumbents have acted like Pac-Man, gobbling up would-be competitors before they become a competitive problem.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

He has a deep history of investing in deep tech startups that have gone on to disrupt industries across AI, data, semiconductors, among others.” . “The appointment of Lip-Bu Tan as the newest member of Sima.ai’s board of directors is a strategic milestone for the company.

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startup accelerator incumbents disruption 95

TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

With a large population, Pakistan is geographically smaller, well-connected with fewer provinces, has lower regulatory barriers and doesn’t have strong incumbents,” Khurshid, who is originally from Pakistan, said via email. Catherine Shu reported on C2 Ventures ’ second $20 million fund targeting startups disrupting legacy industries.

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venture capital VC capital ventures 92

TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

A number of fintechs have popped up as of late aiming to disrupt the traditional model of evaluating an individual’s creditworthiness. It’s raising a $30 million Series B, led by TransUnion — one of the largest incumbents in an industry that Spring Labs is looking to shake up. Spring Labs is one of them.

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collaboration incumbents networking disruption 95

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

4:03] Jambot demo [7:02] Human vs. AI creativity [13:37] Applying AI to design [14:31] Startups vs. incumbents Will AI replace designers? Startups vs. incumbents David: I want to shift gears just a little bit and move towards the business and market structure side of things. You ship fast, you move fast, you can disrupt yourself.

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incumbents creativity development technology 104

TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

In a nutshell, Geopagos feels it is in the ideal position of being able to serve as the software enabler that can retrofit incumbents like large banks and launch the enablers like fintechs. Indeed, customers include large financial institutions, fintechs, retailers and software companies, among others.

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startup incumbents financing finance 84

TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

Unfortunately this is all too common among the leadership of incumbent corporations. At a practical level, street level data means that corporations should meet lots of potentially disruptive startups, and startups should meet with potentially complementary or competitive corporations. Yes, Yoda got Kodaked.

strategy 65

strategy startup incumbents venture capital 65

TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Fintech startups are convinced that banks have lobbied the RBI to reach this decision, employing the age-old tactic where incumbents cry foul and rely on the regulator to rescue the day. But until some change or clarity arrives, large disruptions are expected. Some banks have been employing the same strategy for like a decade!”

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startup incumbents disruption accelerator 97

American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

“Investors are putting a premium on growth in the context of profitability, and we’re growing exceptionally fast because we’re able to profitably serve customers who aren’t being well served by incumbents,” said Sean Harper, CEO of Kin.

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financing finance incumbents entrepreneurship 52

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

Try to imagine if you *didn’t* already know Amazon and the company walking into VC meetings telling people they were going to disrupt the selling of all goods starting with books but then extending into electronics, apparel, toys and so forth. The value prop is pretty clear. And here’s the thing.

real estate 364

real estate startup disruption incumbents 364

Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The first post sketched the idea and the second filled in the details of one theory on how startups will disrupt their incumbents, and particularly the dominant systems of record. The Next Big Shift In SaaS and Event Driven SaaS are two related posts.

SaaS 40

SaaS incumbents strategy disruption 40

Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

As such, the history of the MP3 gives an excellent framework to anticipate how disruptive 10x innovations impact a market, and who the winners and losers of such breakthroughs will be. incumbents simply did not have the right teams to adapt to the changing environment. The MP3 is a perfect case study of Innovator’s Dilemma.

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incumbents disruption frameworks innovation 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. You can enter either but your strategy must be very different and I can tell you that fragmented markets are easier to disrupt.

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incumbents startup peer-to-peer incubation 277

Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The emergence of generative AI, cloud computing, and new spatial platforms is poised to disrupt 3D creation end-to-end. Ultimately, these engine unbundling approaches are market wedges to find soft spots where a new creation tool can provide 10x improvement over incumbents.

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incumbents creativity development enablement 145

TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Since the pandemic disrupted the social rhythms of work and school, many of us have compensated by changing our relationship to digital media. Rapid shifts in the way we buy goods and services disrupted old-school marketplaces like local newspapers and the Yellow Pages. End-to-end operators are the next generation of consumer business.

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VC founder media education 107

TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

We seek innovation from everywhere and we know sometimes the newest ideas don’t necessarily come from the incumbents in the industry.” Kutcher has been an active and involved investor for a few years and has talked about his approach on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt. Both will join as advisors.

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ecology sustainability innovation pitching 99

TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

At Qumra, we get excited about companies that disrupt traditional industries while doing good and improving quality of life. Our portfolio includes some great examples such as Fiverr that has disrupted the labor market by unlocking the global talent pool, or Talkspace, which is providing access to therapy to all. are at risk.

startup 141

startup SaaS mix-use advice 141

TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Disrupt is turning 12 years old. And in the name of coming back bigger and better than ever, the Disrupt Startup Battlefield has grown by 10x. This year, we’re curating 200 companies for you to check out and meet for the first time in the Expo Hall, with the top 20 gracing the Disrupt stage to launch their wares.

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disruption pitching VC ventures 81

Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 13, 2024

You know, most of our economy is dominated by, you know, incumbent institutions that, you know, have no intention, I don’t think, of changing or evolving unless they’re forced to. They generally don’t seek to disrupt, or seek to create, or seek to invent. Economic growth is a great starting point.

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energy education technology capital 95

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

COVID-19 disrupted virtually every sector of the transportation industry. COVID-19 disrupted virtually every sector of the transportation industry. Sebastian Peck , managing director, InMotion Ventures. Natalia Quintero and Rachel Haot , Transit Innovation Partnership/Transit Tech Lab. Shawn Carolan, partner, Menlo Ventures.

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transportation innovation accelerator construction 119

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Our firm has had the good fortune to invest in many two-sided networks that used information aggregation, supplier aggregation, and user generated content to attract and inform consumers and resultantly disrupt and change different industries. These are areas where digital tools have had an impact on other industries.

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health VC hospitality disruption 43

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The formation of Hulu was defensive – designed to stop another YouTube or Napster from emerging and causing disruption to the TV industry. I have made many of my arguments in a blog post I wrote on The Innovator’s Dilemma , a concept that is critical for both innovators & incumbents to understand.

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incumbents innovation media disruption 292

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Fragmented markets can be a great target for disruption. Incumbents became increasingly annoyed with our successes in the country’s largest market – NYC – that they started even taking out ads against us. It’s no wonder incumbents don’t want us to exist. Public Storage does about $2.4 Little old us.

strategy 282

strategy peer-to-peer incumbents real estate 282

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2017

I’ve been involved with several startups where a giant incumbent attacks you and tries to sue you out of existence. And the giant gets disrupted precisely because its cost structure to serve its customers and its cash cow, high-priced offering makes it nearly impossible for it to try compete. And what prompted this lawsuit?

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funders innovation disruption incumbents 254

Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 12, 2019

At GLC, he will address the rapid pace of change, innovation and disruption facing us all?and This massive scale of disruption has understandably left organizations on shaky footing , struggling to engage consumers and employees alike and stay relevant. Master digital disruption with digital reinvention. and what to do about it.

disruption 130

disruption incumbents leadership innovation 130

TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

The key purpose of being end-to-end is to deliver an even better value proposition to consumers relative to incumbent alternatives. The end-to-end approach makes the most sense when disrupting very large markets. At their core, these companies are facilitators, matching consumer demand with existing supply of a product or service.

real estate 144

real estate incumbents health disruption 144

Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Some companies want to change the world in one dimension: a better product or a disruptive go-to-market. There are spaces where pricing innovation is welcome, especially when there is a large, expensive incumbent. In that case, a lower cost, less expensive competitor with a new pricing model may be highly disruptive.

startup 110

startup incumbents disruption frameworks 110

Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer. Outperforming incumbents with modern experience and digital infrastructure. Monzo has also been able to move faster than incumbents because of its forward-looking approach to building banking infrastructure.

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peer-to-peer incumbents financing finance 102

Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 28, 2024

On Monday, at TC Disrupt Colin Zima CEO of Omni , Jordan Tigani CEO of Motherduck , Daniel Svnova CEO of Superlinked & Toby Mao CTO of Tobiko Data who are leading the evolution of the Post Modern Data Stack discussed the trends they are seeing. Here are some of the themes & predictions from the group.

incumbents 98

incumbents disruption collaboration enablement 98

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Discount airlines, cell phones (not smartphones) and integrated circuits are good examples of the “faster, cheaper, simpler” variety, because they simply displaced familiar incumbents. People tend to think that category creation is less risky than incumbent disruption.

strategy 95

strategy incumbents VC disruption 95

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

” Going up against incumbents. Third-party providers, mostly fintechs, have tried to capture some market share from these incumbents. Wave, however , wants to disrupt it. Whereas the incumbents mostly focus on USSD (although there are provisions to use applications), Wave is solely app-based.

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investing investment incumbents networking 124

TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

Larger banks and other financial service providers are getting a lot more serious when it comes to competing with upstarts that are disrupting their businesses with fresher approaches and newer technologies. We want to be closer to companies’ larger digital transformation programs.”

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incumbents leadership disruption strategy 78

Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 9, 2016

Which are the ripest areas for startups to disrupt using machine learning? But to get there requires building an enormous customer base with a proprietary data set, that none of the incumbents can replicate or proxy. Novel algorithms are increasingly making their way into the public domain in the form of open-source libraries.

disruption 40

disruption incumbents networking innovation 40

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Successful startups will inevitably draw the attention of powerful incumbents in their industry. Are you an improver or a disrupter? Speaking about the historical trajectory of significant movements, Gandhi once said, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

startup 90

startup incumbents creativity disruption 90

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Bhettay is also seeing the larger incumbents focus here, as well as marketing dollars, which he considers validation that the market is shifting to the digitalization of pet care. He called Bhettay “an energetic and smart entrepreneur” who is building a strong team to go after a space that is ripe for disruption.

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capital incumbents education health 98